Hector - The Great Hero Who Defended Troy 

Hector actually had divine heritage too. It just wasn't as close in generation as Achilles. Hector's great-great-great-great grandfather was a man named Dardanus who was a son of Zeus and Electra (the latter of whom is daughter of Atlas and Pleione). Both of these ladies are numbered among the Pleiades. Dardanus' wife Batea was a daughter of a man named Teucer whose father was Scamander (the God of the River Scamander) and a nymph named Idaea. So Hector actually has quite a few deities in his family. It helps to remember that basically every mythic Greek hero has family trees that look like this. Pretty much the Greeks believed that every royal family at this point in time were semi-divine super people. This is one of the reasons why so many city-states had their leaders claim descent from these heroes as it essentially brings divine legitimacy to whoever can prove he had some connection to the race of godlike heroes that once reigned. This is also why most of the heroes went on to be worshipped after death as communal ancestors with powers that could affect the whole community (and yes, such honors were paid to Hector too).

Hector was fire and Achilles water

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There is a Theban tradition regarding Hector's bones and ashes being taken to Thebes in Boiotia and worshiped there as the result of consulting the Oracle.

​@@hectormercado3736Yes. He was worshipped as a hero. The cults of heroes were kinda like how Catholics honor saints today

The man who did everything right but yet paid the price for the actions of others.

Scholars have noted that the Iliad is essentially a poem about having a good death (in contrast to the Odyssey which is supposed to be about having a good life). This is why the Iliad ends in a funeral whereas the Odyssey ends with a wedding. Hector's death is exemplary in how he faced his doom with courage. He went out gloriously and all the world remembers it

All four were great men. Alexander, Hercules, and Lysander were given divine honors and Hector was given heroic honors

@@SocietyofUnconqueredLivers but of all the worlds great heroes, there’s none that can compare

​@@miscellaneoussarnian5282None that can compare to...? You might have to spell this one out for me. You know I don't really get pop culture stuff

I wouldn't say it was a pyrrhic victory. Dude was just fine after the battle. Both were the champions of their respective armies.

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That would make sense for the next series

Between Hector and Diomedes? Diomedes might give Hector a run for his money. Against Agamemnon? I feel like Hector would win. This is all based on my gut

@kusichris3788 @kusichris3788 We already did 👍 Here is the link - Memnon: The Great Black Hero of the Trojan War - Greek Mythology - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YUA79BWub80.html

I think it's because Paris was afraid of Menelaus

I'm thinking it's just a clash of source material. In the Illiad Paris was portrayed as a coward through and through.

​@@C9316he's depicted as a coward because he's an archer, yet characters like Teucer and Pandarus are seen as honourable heroes. I think I sniff some ancient bias

​@@irotr53It was considered cowardly if your primary weapon is your bow because basically it implies you aren't willing to face your enemies in hand-to-hand combat. If you know about how among Latinos there is a concept called Machismo, it helps to remember that Greeks and later Romans had their own version of Machismo.

How and when did Paris fight Hector? They were on the same side

Achilles still owned him 1 v 1

@@johno1544Doesn’t change the fact that he was in the tent crying over a girl the whole time.

@@johno1544 Now that you mention it, it only makes sense Achilles beat him head up. Hector had fought everyone. Achilles was chillin the whole time until the end.

@@TLGIII nah Achilles was just the more skilled warrior.

@@johno1544 His true skill was crying to his mom who cried to other gods on his behalf. It’s not like it was all him out there.

What'd he do?